Tokaj Hétszőlő – Hárslevelű Aszú 5 Puttonyos, 2001

2001 wasn’t easy for Tokaj. Hárslevelű is the lesser known, or to be more precise the less popular variety used for Aszú making as we know. But it certain years we are thankful for Hárslevelű and 2001 might be one of these years. 

The review

Deep brassy color.

The nose is very aromatic, full of walnut, smoke, rose and other floral notes.

The palate is mostly the mandatory raisin with lots of residual sugar as you would expect supported by moderate acidity. The wine later becomes more round though.

Intense ripe quince, rich sun-dried apricot, burned sugar with citrus elements and roasted peanuts make it very high in extracts. The mineral element which is so unknown in dry Hétszőlő wines is quite nice here. 

48 hours later it’s still round with dominantly Cognac and must elements.

Score: 8-

Price: HUF 8 000/ EUR 33

But please note that its price is more unpredictable and subject to availability. 

Comment from Amabedot - December 11, 2011 at 1:45 pm

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